San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
Demonstrates, if nothing else, that there's a genuine person -- chastened by mistakes and more compassionate, perhaps, for all she's suffered -- beneath the war paint and the stardust.
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United Kingdom, United States · 2000
Rated PG-13 · 1h 19m
Director Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Starring RuPaul, Tammy Faye Bakker, Jim Bakker, Mel White
Genre Documentary, Drama
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In the 1970s, Tammy Faye Bakker rises from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park. The televangelist becomes legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, financial improprieties, scheming rivals, and a scandal threaten to topple her empire.
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
Demonstrates, if nothing else, that there's a genuine person -- chastened by mistakes and more compassionate, perhaps, for all she's suffered -- beneath the war paint and the stardust.
It's a testimony to the integrity and poignancy of Tammy Faye herself that she comes off as a cool, even complex, woman.
A lively and affectionate cross between an infomercial and a genuflection.
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
(To be) thoroughly enjoyed as a privileged look at one of the loopiest of late 20th century lives.
Dallas Observer by Luke Y. Thompson
It contains nary a dull moment.
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Whatever the complicated truth about PTL, Tammy Faye's homespun charisma is undeniable; if only the Lord would give her the strength to say, "Get thee behind me, false eyelashes!"
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
By letting her babble on and become a somewhat risible figure, the filmmakers display a somewhat mean-spirited attitude, despite all their fuss about finally appreciating this put-upon survivor.
A largely irresistible puff piece.
Maybe this documentary is a bit too enthralled by her, but she emerges from it a game girl, a gay activist and a curiously sympathetic figure.
San Francisco Examiner by Wesley Morris
A runny intimate portrait that doesn't trust Tammy Faye Messner and her story to enthrall you. So they've all but spelled it out: k-i-t-s-c-h.
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